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On-line monitoring of apoptosis in insulin-secreting cells.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  14633855     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Apoptosis was monitored in intact insulin-producing cells both with microfluorometry and with two-photon laser scanning microscopy (TPLSM), using a fluorescent protein based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET). TPLSM offers three-dimensional spatial information that can be obtained relatively deep in tissues. This provides a potential for future in vivo studies of apoptosis. The cells expressed a fluorescent protein (C-DEVD-Y) consisting of two fluorophores, enhanced cyan fluorescent protein (ECFP) and enhanced yellow fluorescent protein (EYFP), linked by the amino acid sequence DEVD selectively cleaved by caspase-3-like proteases. FRET between ECFP and EYFP in C-DEVD-Y could therefore be monitored on-line as a sensor of caspase-3 activation. The relevance of using caspase-3 activation to indicate beta-cell apoptosis was demonstrated by inhibiting caspase-3-like proteases with Z-DEVD-fmk and thereby showing that caspase-3 activation was needed for high-glucose-and cytokine-induced apoptosis in the beta-cell and for staurosporine-induced apoptosis in RINm5F cells. In intact RINm5F cells expressing C-DEVD-Y and in MIN6 cells expressing the variant C-DEVD-Y2, FRET was lost at 155 +/- 23 min (n = 9) and 257 +/- 59 min (n = 4; mean +/- SE) after activation of apoptosis with staurosporine (6 micromol/l), showing that this method worked in insulin-producing cells.
Authors:
Martin Köhler; Sergei V Zaitsev; Irina I Zaitseva; Barbara Leibiger; Ingo B Leibiger; Mikael Turunen; Iouri L Kapelioukh; Linda Bakkman; Ioulia B Appelskog; Jacques Boutet de Monvel; Gabriela Imreh; Per-Olof Berggren
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Diabetes     Volume:  52     ISSN:  0012-1797     ISO Abbreviation:  Diabetes     Publication Date:  2003 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2003-11-24     Completed Date:  2004-01-09     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0372763     Medline TA:  Diabetes     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2943-50     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. martin.kohler@molmed.ki.se
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Apoptosis*
Bacterial Proteins
Caspase 3
Caspases / metabolism
Cells, Cultured
Enzyme Precursors / metabolism
Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
Fluorometry
Green Fluorescent Proteins
Indicators and Reagents
Insulin / secretion*
Internet*
Islets of Langerhans / secretion*
Luminescent Proteins
Mice
Microscopy, Confocal
Monitoring, Physiologic*
Obesity / genetics,  metabolism,  physiopathology*
Photons
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
DK-58508/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Bacterial Proteins; 0/Enzyme Precursors; 0/Indicators and Reagents; 0/Luminescent Proteins; 0/yellow fluorescent protein, Bacteria; 11061-68-0/Insulin; 147336-22-9/Green Fluorescent Proteins; EC 3.4.22.-/Casp3 protein, mouse; EC 3.4.22.-/Caspase 3; EC 3.4.22.-/Caspases

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